K-Contents Digger

내 이름은 '꽃부리 영'에 '복 우' 꽃처럼 예쁜 복덩이란 뜻입니다 하지만 '영리할 영'에 '어리석을 우'가 더 어울리지 않았을까요? My name is Flower-like-young and Luck-woo It means a lucky charm as pretty as flowers But perhaps Clever-young and Foolish-woo would've been a better fit.   태어나서 지금가지 본 책을 전부 기억하지만 회전문도 못 지나가는 우영우 영리하고 어리석은 우영우 Woo Young-woo, who remembers every single book she's read since birth, but can't even go through a revolving door. Clever and foolish Woo Young-woo Making a Name in Korea In the scene, the main character, Woo Young-woo, explains the meaning of her name; it's a lucky charm as pretty as flowers . Great and awesome. But 'Flower-like-young'? 'Luck-woo'? What are they? If you want to understand that part, you need to learn how parents make a name for their children in Korea. The traditional way to make a name is to use Chinese characters. Though each word is borrowed from Chinese characters, I'm not sure t he meaning is exactly the same as wha

Have you heard of palindrome ? It's a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same  backward as forward , (e.g.,   madam ) Honestly, I didn't know there would be a name for such words. 😅 In the scene, where the main character introduces herself, she lists some palindromes and says her name is also a palindrome. 내 이름은 우영우 똑바로 읽어도 거꾸로 읽어도 우영우 기러기, 토마토, 스위스, 인도인, 별똥별 우영우 My name is Woo Young-woo Whether it’s read straight or flipped, it’s still Woo Young-woo Kayak, deed, rotator, noon, racecar Woo Young-woo Is Woo Young-woo a palindrome? If you're not so principled, you might understand what she means. In appearance (in English), her name, Woo Young-woo , looks different with exemplary palindromes such as  kayak, deed, rotator, noon, and racecar . That's because of the difference between the Hangul system and the Alphabet system . Of course, I don't have to explain the Alphabet system to you, who read this blog in English. So, let's see the Hangul system. (Don

In a scene where Sa-ra bullies Dong-eun in a gym, she said I thought that you never really had a home, no? It’s like something out of a fairy tale. Guess you’re living in a fairy-tale, Dong-eun Well… don’t you think it sounds a bit strange? Of course, we can understand her intention to mock Dong-eun. But when thinking about the words, it’s quite awkward to describe a person without their own house as one living in a fairy tale. However, in Korean, Sa-ra’s saying becomes much natural. 나 너땜에 ‘달방’이라는 말 처음 알았잖아 달방은 달이 뜨는 방인가? 동화 속에 사네, 문동은? I’m not trying to say the translation is wrong here. In fact, I can feel how enthusiastic the translator was to deliver both the attitude of Sa-ra, mocking Dong-eun and the word, fairy tale itself. But, still, there’s something more in Korean, which is hard to be crammed in subtitles, and I would like to dig in more line by line. 나 너땜에 ‘달방’이라는 말 처음 알았잖아 [Subtitle] I thought that you never really had a home, no? [Direct translation] I haven’t heard

   There’s something more in Korean that you miss    At the end of episode 1 of part 1, Dong-eun takes a seat with Ye-sol and told her, “That’s because this story (which she told Ye-sol) isn’t a fairy tale.”    You might have a question; then, what’s the genre of the story she’ll tell us? In fact, she gives a clear answer, but in Korean. Before diving into the answer, let’s find out what other options her story could be: fable, legend, and myth https://www.mometrix.com/academy/myth-legend-and-tall-tale/ https://retellingthetales.com/myths-legends-fables-and-fairy-tales/ Can you guess what Dong-eun said to Ye-sol? 이 이야기는… 동화가 아니라 우화거든 That’s because this story isn’t a fairy tale, but a fable”    Why does she say it’s not a fairy tale but a fable? What does it mean? The followings are the three reasons I think why the story isn’t a fairy tale but a fable. No magic, only TENACITY    Usually, in a fairy tale, there’re characters or an object with a magical power such as Tinker Bell (of Pet